Leslie Surowiec from Greenwood School in Jacksonville, FL. This is my third LegoLeague program at my third school in the past 5 years. I started with tiny K-2, had my first 4-5 grade team the next year. We went to qualifiers and got a rookie team and innovation awards. Now I am working on the Middle/high school level using the class packs. I hope to take them to the competition this year.

Building/designing is my strong suit along with teaching core values. Programming is where I struggle. Trying to teach an old dog new tricks!

Hi! I am Beth Huston from Positive Supports Academy in Indianapolis, IN. We are an Alternative Program for 7th-12th in Indianapolis Public Schools. I have been teaching 18 years but have only taught Robotics for the last two years. I am new to FIRST and am looking forward to working with all of you. I don't have any resources that I can think of at the moment nor do I have any questions for the moment. I am sure I will have plenty of questions, once we get started.

Hi, I'm Graham Scott from Newport High School in Newport, NH. I just finished my second year teaching, and it was an interesting couple of years, to be sure. This will be my first experience with FIRST. Our school had a team in the past, but that was six years and three teachers ago, so I'm essentially starting it all over from scratch.

I have the EDU V2 pack, with at least a touch sensor and a color sensor (from skimming the manifest). I have a control hub and one phone. It's a little up in the air how much I'll be using this stuff for teaching, but I am certainly am attempting to get a competitive team running this year.

Hi all,

I teach at Fulton Middle School in Fountain Valley, CA. This will be my first year coaching FTC with a colleague at my school. I can bring organizational skills to this community. This is an exciting opportunity, and I look forward to learning from you.

Hi! I'm Amy and I'm the gifted coordinator for my school district. We're using FLL Challenge as part of our gifted curriculum at two of our six schools this year with the intent of it being at five next year!

Hey everyone! My name is Mr. Bailey Hulsey, and I'm the new head coach of Westwood Robotics, team 2583 in Austin, TX. Very excited to coach our FRC team and help out with our 6 FTC teams this year along with teaching our brand new sophomore-level Robotics class. I also teach AP CS Principles and our senior engineering class. I love seeing our awesome students make awesome things!

Hello, Mala here. This is my first year. I am in Ottawa, Canada. Excited to be here, learn and collaborate. Best wishes

Hi! I'm Kathy Sooter from Vinita, Oklahoma. I'm a math teacher whose agreed to try to start a robotics program at our school. I have one class of 24 students and am ready to learn how to do this.

Hi!! I am Rhonda Hildebrand from Oregon, Ohio (yes--Oregon is a city in Ohio and pronounced Oregone -- lol) I am beginning the journey with FTC class pack curriculum as a class with my students. They will be mainly 9th and 10th graders. We have fielded a FTC team in the past but with funding not secured don't know if we will try and compete at competitions this year with the after school program. I am the programming and software development instructor.

Hello, I'm Julie Fisette and while I was the teacher mentor for 10 years for the FRC team the Robostangs #548, I have now found myself in a different school district back in the classroom and having to teach Robotics courses. For me the challenge will be learning a curriculum and implementing the ability to get the students up and running before they actually have to start building their robots.